Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Womack v. McCook Bros. Funeral Home, Inc. 193 So. 652 1940 1 Louisiana
Womack v. McCook Bros. Funeral Home 194 La. 296 1940 1 Louisiana
Fisher v. Jordan 116 F.2d 183 1940 1 United States
Woods v. Hardware Mut. Casualty Co. 141 S.W.2d 972 1940 1 Texas
Commercial Credit Co. v. Davidson 112 F.2d 54 1940 1 United States
Stewart v. Johnson 142 Fla. 425 1940 1 Florida
Cullens v. Cullens 187 Miss. 731 1940 1 Mississippi
Sanderson v. Ætna Life Insurance 218 N.C. 270 1940 1 North Carolina
Empire Gas & Fuel Co. v. Muegge 135 Tex. 520 1940 1 Texas
In re Smith 218 N.C. 161 1940 1 North Carolina
Continental Casualty Co. v. Miller 135 S.W.2d 501 1940 1 Texas
Rose v. Bank of Wadesboro 217 N.C. 600 1940 1 North Carolina
Wachovia Bank & Trust Co. v. W. H. King Drug Co. 217 N.C. 502 1940 1 North Carolina
Grimm v. Pugh 197 So. 641 1940 1 Louisiana
North v. Delta Chevrolet Co. 188 Miss. 252 1940 1 Mississippi
Johnson v. Pilot Life Insurance 217 N.C. 139 1940 1 North Carolina
Patterson v. Shell Petroleum Corp. 143 S.W.2d 208 1940 1 Texas
State Life Ins. v. Hardy 189 Miss. 266 1940 1 Mississippi
Calvert v. Hanna 140 S.W.2d 976 1940 1 Texas
Leopold v. Rock-Ola Mfg. Corp. 109 F.2d 611 1940 1 United States